Saddam forgot to use PGP?
We've reported a number of times on the curious failure of terrorist masterminds to encrypt their secrets. It seems the same phenomenon applies to despots, at least if this CNN article is accurate: documentation found during the capture of Saddam reportedly includes the unencrypted names of pro-Ba'athist resistance leaders.
Bush spoke to reporters hours after U.S. military officials said they had arrested several resistance leaders in Baghdad based on documents found when Saddam was captured. Officials said that some of the documents detailed a meeting of resistance cell leaders -- and included their names. - CNN, Bush: 'Good riddance' to Saddam: Documents found in raid lead to arrests, U.S. military says.AP has a similar story, which says the documents were discovered in Saddam's briefcase.
Interrogations of Saddam Hussein and documents in his personal briefcase, seized with him, have led to the arrest of several prominent regime figures in Baghdad, a U.S. general told The Associated Press on Monday. [...] But U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Hertling of the 1st Armored Division told AP in Baghdad that the first round of Saddam's questioning and documents in a briefcase found with him was ``connecting the dots'' in intelligence on the insurgency. ``It was reported as his personal briefcase,'' Hertling said. ``There were a lot of things that can be exploited.'' - AP, Military: Saddam's Capture Led to Others.